It took two votes in the Bundestag, but in the end — as expected — conservative Friedrich Merz was elected as Germany's ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected Germany’s new chancellor on Tuesday, but only after a dramatic second-round ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz’s bid to become Germany’s 10th chancellor has failed in the first round of voting in parliament ...

Friedrich Merz wins on second ballot to become Germany’s chancellor, hours after his historic defeat in the first round.

Now it’s neither.This was the central message from the chaotic transfer of power on Tuesday that saw Friedrich Merz, the ...

Germany’s new Chancellor Friedrich Merz has taken his oath of office, after being elected by parliament earlier on Tuesday.

The leader of Germany's Christian Democrat-Social Democratic coalition, Friedrich Merz, suffered a shock defeat Tuesday in ...

Friedrich Merz' unprecedented failure to win election as German chancellor in the first round of voting in parliament raises doubts about the new government's ability to push Europe's largest economy ...

At least a dozen members of Merz’s proposed coalition failed to back him in the first vote on Tuesday — despite his coalition ...